James Cameron Enjoys Double-Whammy Weekend

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sigourney Weaver, James Cameron, Suzy Amis and the cast of Avatar

James Cameron enjoyed a weekend to remember – the director’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” shot to the top of the U.S. box office just days after he received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

On Friday, the “Titanic” auteur was honored by fans and industry pals as he revealed his own star – the 2,396th – before his “Aliens” muse Sigourney Weaver paid tribute to the legendary filmmaker.

Cameron told reporters he was especially pleased with his spot outside the Egyptian Theatre, as his star was next to Sylvester Stallone’s – who he teamed up with to write the screenplay for 1985’s “Rambo: First Blood Part II.”

He said, “The placement is especially cool – right in front of the prestigious Egyptian Theatre, right next to Sylvester Stallone, my co-writer on ‘Rambo: First Blood Part II.’

“We’re together again – apparently for all eternity now.”

He paid tribute to his Avatar “family” – thanking his cast and crew for working so tirelessly on the project: “Whatever Avatar becomes, however well it does, whatever accolades it receives, the face of Avatar is these people right here. Most actors work on a film for months at the most. Some of our team worked on the film for almost a year and a half. We actually became a kind of family and we all still love each other.”

The ceremony came on the same day his computer-generated saga hit cinemas across the globe – raking in $73 million in America alone on its first weekend of release.